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E-MAGAZINEAUGUST 2019

European Corporate ChessChampionship 2019

ECU conducts a survey onWomen's Chess throughoutthe Europe

SURVEY ON WOMEN'S CHESS

MINKS PLAYS CHESS

EUROPEAN YOUTH CHESSCHAMPIONS 2019ANNOUNCED IN BRATISLAVA

By the end of summer, European Chess Union is entering in an

intensive period, presenting new events and projects. The

#Development Seminars in Trieste,Italy (1-7 Sept.) supported for

female participants and the 1st Workshop "Equal Opportunities" in

Thessaloniki, Greece are the autumn's first challenges. On 12th

October the "Future Champions of Europe” in Budapest, as a part of

the annual Global Chess Festival, and our main event the European

Team Championship in Batumi, Georgia (23 Oct.-3 Nov.) and at the

same time and venue (23-27 Oct.) the 3rd ECU Congress. November

starts with the ECU Bussiness Forums in Oslo and Stockholm (5

& 6 Nov.) continues with the European Club Cup with a massive

participation in Ulcinj,Montenegro (9-17 Nov.) the European Women's

Rapid & Blitz Championship in Monaco (28 Nov.) and on 30th, the

grandiose awarding event in Monte Carlo the "European Golden

Pawn". London Chess Conference (30 Nov. to 1 Dec.) has this year

the theme "Chess and Female Empowerment". December wil find us

in Tallinn, Estonia (1-8 Dec.) for the European Rapid & Blitz

Championships in open and youth categories.

Last but not least soon we will present statistical information about the

ECU growth the last 4 years. The results exceed our expectations and

confirm the European Chess Union as one of the fastest developing

European Sports federations.

contents

New Challenges to the Next Levelby Theodoros Tsorbatzoglou, ECU Secretary General

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European Chess Union has its seat in Switzerland,

Address: Rainweidstrasse 2, CH-6333, Hunenberg

See, Switzerland

European Chess Union is an independent

association founded in 1985 in Graz, Austria;

European Chess Union has 54 National Federation

Members; Every year ECU organizes more than 20

prestigious events and championships.

www.europechess.org

[email protected]

EYCC 2019European Youth Chess

Championship 2019 final

report

EUYCC 2019European Union Youth Chess

Championship 2019 final

report

European CorporateFinal report of 2nd edition of

European Corporate Chess

Championship 2019

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Global Chess Festival

"Future Champions of

Europe" and "International

Youth Chess Challenge"

Survey on Women's chess

ECU conducts a survey on

women's chess

3rd ECU Congress

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Meeting Chess Legends

Training lesson

Arbiters corner

Upcoming events

Fun zone

Newsletter July 2019

European Youth ChessChampions 2019 announced

European Youth Chess Championship 2019 concluded on10th of August in Bratislava, Sloakia.

12 players out of 1306 participants coming from 48European federations awarded the title of European YouthChess Champion.

3Newsletter August 2019

The Closing Ceremony of the event

took place on Saturday, 10th of

August, at 17:00, where the Winners

were awarded with trophies and

medals, and the event was officially

declared closed.

On the Closing ceremony of the

event, European Chess Union was

represented by: the European

Chess Union President, Mr. Zurab

Azmaiparashvili the ECU Secretary

General, Mr. Theodoros

Tsorbatzoglou and the ECU Vice

President and Tournament Director

of Europan Youth Chess

Championship 2019 Ms. Eva

Repkova. FIDE was represented by

its Vice President Mr. Turlej, Lukasz

and the Slovakian Chess Federation

by its President Mr. Gregor, Zdenek.

The President of European Chess

Union, Mr. Zurab Azmaiparashvili,

addressed the participants and

congratulated to all on the fair-play,

with special congrats to the Winners.

He declared the Championship

closed, and afterwards took part in

the awarding ceremony for the best

ranked players.

EYCC 2019 CLOSING CEREMONY

ECU President onthe Closingceremony ofEYCC2019


EYCC 2019European Youth ChessChampionship 2019 was playedin 6 age categories, open andgirls separately.

The event was played in 9rounds, Swiss system, with timecontrol 90 minutes for 40moves, plus 30 minutes untilthe end of the game, with anincrement of 30 seconds,starting from the move one.


In Girls section U18, Sliwicka Alicja

(POL, 2259) took gold with score of 8

points. Second place came to Badelka

Olga (BLR, 2402) with 7.5 points, while

Muetsch Annmarie (GER, 2233) came

on the third place thanks to the best

tiebreaks, since she tied for the bronze

with 3 players scoring 6.5 points, each.

Gold medal in section Girls U16 went to

Waszczuk Patrycja (POL, 2139), who

scored 7.5 points to be alone on the top

of the list. Three players tied for the

medals, each with score of 7 points, and

according to additional criteria, Getman

Tatyana (RUS, 2204) took silver and

bronze came to Hryzloa Sofija (UKR,

1928).

In category Girls U14, Allaherdiyeva

Ayan (AZE, 2114) and Nur-

Mukhametova Alisa (RUS, 2132) tied for

the top, each with 7.5 points. Eventually,

thanks to slightly better value of

tiebreaks, Allahverdiyeva Ayan took gold

and Nur-Mukhametova Alisa came

second. Hrebenshchykova Yelizaveta

(UKR, 1879) took bronze medal with 7.

Shvedova Alexandra (RUS, 1932)

became the Winner of Girls U12 section

scoring 8 points. Zhapova Yana (RUS,

1809) took silver medal with score of 7.5

points, while Vlasova Olesia (RUS,

1799) came on the third place thanks to

the best tiebreaks, since she tied for the

bronze with 2 girls scoring 7 points,

each.

Shukhman Anna (RUS, 1806) was

convincing in Girls U10 section, with

final score of 8.5 points. Hnatyshyn

Anastasija (UKR, 1405) was second with

7.5 points, while Kirtadze Anastasia

(GEO, 1532) and Kusakina Uliana

(RUS, 1448) tied for the bronze medal,

each with 7 points. Eventually Kirtadze

Anastasia came third thanks to better

tiebreaks criteria.

In the girls section for the youngest,

Girls U8, gold medal and the trophy

went to Huseynova Dinara (AZE, 1207)

with score of 8 points. Bashirli Saadat

(AZE, 1292) took silver with 7.5 points,

while Preobrazhenskaya Diana (RUS,

1361) took bronze with score of 7 points.

In Open U18 section, the Winner

became Nguyen Thai Dai Van (CZE,

2535) with score of 7.5 points. He was

half a point ahead of Salemgareev Tagir

(RUS, 2444) who took silver with 7

points, while Vrolijk Liam (NED, 2478)

took bronze medal thanks to the best

tiebreaks, since he tied for the third

place with 5 players scoring 6.5 points,

each.

Barseghyan Armen Ar. (ARM, 2313)

took the victory in Open U16 section

with 7.5 points. Group of 5 players

followed him, each with score of 7

points, but according to the additional

criteria Van Dael Siem (NED, 2264)

came on the second place and

Pogosyan Stefan (RUS, 2334) ended on

the third place.

Kostolansky Sebastian Lukas (SVK,

2406) and Tsvetkov Andrey (RUS, 2346)

tied for the top of Open U14 section,

each with score of 7.5 points.

Kostolansky Sebastian Lukas took gold

thanks to slightly better tiebreaks and

Tsvetkov Andrey went second. Six

players were in a tie for the bronze, but

eventually, additional criteria decided it

was Mitusov Semen (UKR, 2184) who

took the bronze medal with score of 7

points.

EYCC 2019

European Youth ChessChampionship 2019took place from1st-11th of August inBratislava, Slovakia,with participation of1306 players comingfrom 48 Europeanfederations.

OfficialWebsite of theevent


Maurizzi Marc Andria (FRA, 2419)

defended his No.1 starting rank position,

and triumphed in Open U12 section

scoring 8 points. Piliposyan Robert

(ARM, 2156) and Vagman Roy (ISR,

1935) tied for the second place, each

with 7.5 points, but thanks to the better

tiebreak criteria, Piliposyan Robert took

silver and Vagman Roy finished the

event on the third place.

In Open U10 section, after 9 played

rounds, Vetokhin Savva (RUS, 2016)

emerged on the top with score of 8

points. Finek Vaclav (CZE, 2038) and

Azadaliyev Jahandar (AZE, 1905) are

the runner-ups with the same score of

7.5 points, each, but according to

tiebreaks, Finek Vaclav was second and

Azadaliyev Jahandar took bronze.

Erdogmus Yagiz Kaan (TUR, 1745)

convincingly took the victory in Open U8

section, with score of 8.5 points, and

only one draw, which he made in the last

round of the event. Erdogmus Yagiz

Kaan was a point and a half ahead of

the group of 5 players tying for the silver,

each with 7 points. According to

additional criteria, Temirbekov Taimaz

(RUS, 1366) and Karimli Yusif (AZE,

1658) took silver and bronze medals,

respectively.

In category Open U8, Ochedzan Filip

(POL) took the first place , the second

place came to Karaszewski Gabriel

(POL) and the bronze medal went to

Negrean Andrei (ROU).

In category Girls U8 the Winner became

Barteckova Nikol (CZE), Bako Isabella

(GER) took the second place and the

third place came to Arshinkova Ralitsa

(ECU).

Grabs Peter (GER) became the

Champion of Open U10 section, Roubal

Matyas (CZE) took silver medal and the

third place went to Vana Jan (CZE).

Haasova Timea (SVK) triumphed in Girls

section U10, second place came to

Andries Alexia (ROU) and Bako Evelin

(GER) took the third place.

In category Open U12 Finek Vaclav

(CZE) took gold, Magold Filip (ROU)

won silver and the third place went to

Kanov Nikola (ECU).

Champion of section Girls U12 became

Lazniewska Zofia (POL), the second

place took Zelbova Lada (CZE) and

Maria Lia-Alexandra (ROU) ended on

the third place.

Turski Bartlomiej (POL) became the

Winner in Open U14 section, Gnojek

Petr (CZE) was on the second place and

Ochedzan Tymon (POL) took bronze

medal.

In category Girls U14, Nadzamova

Viktoria (SVK) won gold, second place

went to Matasaru Stephanie (ROU) and

Reuter Elisa (GER) was third.

European Union Youth Chess Championship 2019

European Union Youth ChessChampionship 2019 concluded inKouty nad Desnou, Czech Republic.The Winners of the event have beenannounced on 24th of August at theClosing ceremony.

On the closing ceremony, the prizes

were given by director of the event Mr.

Zdenek Fiala together with the

tournament director of ECU Mr. Petr

Pisk and director of the hotel Dlouhe

Strane Ms. Irena Svedova. EU Youth

Chess Championship 2019, under the

patronage of the ECU, was organized by

Sachovy klub Svetla nad Sazavou in

cooperation with the Czech Chess

Federation. Boys and girls have played

in the same tournament. Eventually boys

and girls were evaluated separately.

EU YOUTH CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP

EU Youth ChessChampionship 2019participated 96 playersfrom 10 federationsand all the games wereon-line transmitted.


Players who took first three places in

each of categories got a cup and

diploma. Every participant of EUYCC got

a medal. All eight European Union Youth

Chess Champions are leaving Kouty

nad Desnou with a notebook! The next

five players in each category also got

valuable prizes thanks the cooperation

with the ECU Sponsot Chess -Evolution!

Every player got a T-Shirt with logo of

EUYCC.

Young players have been pleased by

awarding the best games of each round.

For all participants and accompanying

persons organizers had prepared chess

and non-chess leisure time activities

(simultaneous games with IM Pisk, blitz

tournament, trips).

On Friday, 23rd of August, in the

morning, the simultaneous game with IM

Petr Pisk took place with the

participation of 20 players.

The participants and IM Petr Pisk had 60

minutes on their clocks. The result was

18,5 : 1,5 for IM Pisk (Vainikka Toni

(FIN) won and draw was made by

Rempe Jonas (GER).

Viktor Kupreichik Memorial 2019

At the same time, 12 Grandmasters and 9 International

masters competed for the title of Viktor Kupreichik Memorial.

After 10 played rounds in Rapid time control, GM Zhigalko

Sergei (BLR, 2702) took the victory scoring 8 points. Three

players tied for the second place, each with 7.5 points: GM

Tiviakov Sergei (NED, 2666), 14 years old Tsaruk Maksim

(BLR, 2148) and GM Balashov Yuri (RUS, 2420). According to

the tiebreaks, Tiviakov Sergei took silver and Tsaruk Maksim

finished on the third place.


MINSK PLAYS CHESS

Winners of Rapid World Cadets Chess

Championship became:

Open U8: 1. Bouska Jiri (CZE)

Girls U8: 1. Matskevich Varvara (BLR)

Open U10: 1. Koshulyan Egor (RUS)

Girls U10: 1. Nurgaliyeva Zarina (KAZ)

Open U12: 1.Strybuk Artsiom (BLR)

Girls U12: 1. Shubenkova Veronika

The Blitz World Cadets Chess

Champions are:

Girls U8:Preobrazhenskaya Diana(RUS)

Open U8: Yeganegi Barad (IRI)

Girls U10: Khamdamova Afruza (UZB)

Open U10: Usov Aleksandr E. (RUS)

Girls U12: Zhapova Yana (RUS)

Open U12: Khubukshanov Erdem (RUS)

The capital of Belarus

simultaneously hosted

FIDE World Cadets Rapid

and Blitz Championship

2019 and Viktor Kupreichik

Memorial with the

participation of 720 cadets

coming from 35 countries

and 92 players who

participated the Viktor

Kupreichik Memorial. The

events took place from

15th-19th of August, in

Minsk, Belarus.

President of ECU,Mr. ZurabAzmaiparashvili atthe Openingceremony of theevent

SBERBANK WINS 2nd EUROPEANCORPORATE CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP

After nine played rounds at 2nd edition of EuropeanCorporate Chess Championship 2019, team of Sberbankfrom Russia triumphed the event with all the victories andperfect score of 18 match points.

Composition of the Winning team:

1. GM Esipenko Andrey (RUS, 2623,

score of 7 points)

2. Sviridov Valery (RUS, 2489, score of

7 points)

3. IM Lavrov Maxim (RUS, 2367, score

of 6 points)

4. Yarashenka Uladzimir (BLR, score of

8.5 points)

5. Vorozheikin Vladimir (RUS, 2141,

score of 1 point)

Belarus Naftan took the second place,

with score of 13 match points, while

Belarus “Belaruskalii”, BAM (BLR) and

Georgian Khareba tied for the bronze,

each with 12 match points. According to

the additional criteria, “Belaruskalii” took

third place, BAM came 4th and team of

Khareba ended on the 5th place.

9Newsletter August

The 2nd European Corporate Chess

Championship 2019 took place from

30th August-1st September in Minsk,

Belarus.

The event was played in 9 rounds,

Swiss system, with time control 15

minutes + 3 seconds of an increment,

starting from the move one.

The total prize fund of the event was

6.000 EUR, with 3.000 EUR reserved for

the Winner of the event.

The Opening Ceremony of the event

was attended by President of European

Chess Union, Mr. Zurab

Azmaiparashvili, Georgian Ambassador

in the Republic of Belarus, Mr. Valery

Kvaratskhelia, and FIDE Vice-President,

Mrs. Anastasia Sorokina.

REPORTAGE

Future Champions of Europe &International Youth Chess Challengeat Global Chess Festival 2019

European Chess Union and Judit Polgar ChessFoundation partner to organise the tournament “FutureChampions of Europe” as a part of the annual GlobalChess Festival. The event will take place on 12th October2019 in Hungarian National Gallery, in Budapest, Hungary.

The pre-event of Global Chess Festival will be"International Youth Chess Challenge", which will takeplace on 5th and 6th of October, in Budapest.


GLOBAL CHESSFESTIVAL

Official Website

GLOBAL CHESSFESTIVAL

The 5th Global Chess Festivalwill be held with the spirit ofPolgar’s personal motto,“#Chess Connects Us”.Chess, the world’s oldest boardgame, will be able to show it’smany faces during the event –including competitive sports, artand education – proving thatchess truly does not have anyboundaries.


So far, 23 players coming from 12

countries registered for the "Future

Champions of Europe" event dedicated

to chess players born 1st January 2007

or later with a FIDE rating of 1800 or

higher (on the 1st July FIDE rating list).

Registration deadline is 15th September

2019, and registrations may be done

online through the official website of the

festival.

The event will be played in 9 rounds,

Swiss system, with time control: 10

minutes for each player plus 2 seconds

of an increment per each move, starting

from the move one.

The winner of the event will be invited to

visit the 82nd edition of the world-

famous Tata Steel Chess Tournament

2020 in Wijk aan Zee, The Netherlands.

This prize includes 2 round-trip tickets

from his/her home country (winner and

accompanying person) + a double room

for 2 nights on the weekend of the 18th

and 19th January in Wijk aan Zee. This

includes entrance to the playing area

and ’behind the scenes’ access as well

as an opportunity to make the first move

for one of the rounds!

The runner up will receive a very special

and unique opportunity to meet top

chess Grandmasters and compete at

one of the biggest European chess

opens in 2020. The sponsor, Flashpoint,

is looking forward to giving a once in a

lifetime experience to the winner of this

prize which includes 2 round-trip tickets

(player and accompanying person),

lodging in a double room and entry-fee.

The third prize winner will receive a

wooden chess set and board signed by

the Legend GM Judit Polgar herself. All

participants will receive a Global Chess

Festival souvenir.

As a pre-event of the Global Chess

Festival the Judit Polgar Chess

Foundation provides for young players

the opportunity to compete in an

international environment at the venue

of the Hungarian Chess Federation. The

International Youth Chess Challenge

event will take place on 5th and 6th

October, for players born in 2006 or

later, with a FIDE rating starting from

1001 up to 1600. Registration deadline

is 15th of September.

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Dear Chess Friends,

I kindly ask you to complete the

attached surveys on behalf of your

federation to the best of your ability.

These surveys are being conducted by

the European Chess Union to collect

data on women’s chess throughout

Europe and being sent to

representatives of all the federations in

Europe. There are two surveys. One

survey focuses on the policies

implemented by federations regarding

women’s chess while the other focuses

on the standard and number of women

playing.

Surveys can be downloaded in PDF or

Word format on the following link:

http://www.europechess.org/survey-on-

womens-chess/

Please note your response is private

and confidential. Individual respondents

will not be named in any data or reports.

Participation in this survey is highly

valued. If you are happy to receive

follow up questions please provide your

details at the end of the survey in the

boxes provided.

If you have any questions about the

surveys or would like more information

e-mail: [email protected] .

Thank you for your involvement in the

survey,

Yours Sincerely,

Alice O’Gorman

On behalf of the ECU’s Women’s

Commission

European Chess Unionconducts two surveyscollecting data on women'schess throughout theEurope.

Newsletter August 2019

Survey on Women's Chess

To: European Chess Federations

The Survey is

funded by the

FIDE

Development

fund.

The 3rd ECU Congress will be held in

Batumi Georgia from 24th to 26th of

October 2019.

The full working schedule is as follows:

24th October

10.00- 19.00- ECU Board Meeting

18:00 ECU Educational Commission

info meeting

25th October

09.30 – 13.00 ECU Arbiters Council

16.30 – 19.30 ECU Events Commission

to be scheduled - ECU Women’s

Commission Meeting

26th October

09.30 – 17.00 ECU Annual General

Assembly

All the meetings will take place in

Hotel Hilton in Batumi.

Contact Information:

ECU: [email protected]

Organising Committee:

[email protected]

All the details can be found on the

following link:

http://www.europechess.org/3rd-ecu-

congress-program/

3rd ECU CONGRESS



Question 1: What are You doing in life

in the current moment?

"Coaching and writing chess books "

Question 2: Your recollections with

meetings with World Champions?

"I couldn’t know the first four official

world champions by technical reasons

but I knew personally all the others.

Moreover I’ve met eight of them over the

board. What to say about them? They all

are humans. "

Question 3: Your best game .(Chess

Informant).Just name.

" It’s very difficult question. I will name

Tukmakov – Kortschnoj, URS- ch38,

Riga 1970 as the most memorable"

Question 4: Which Your achievement

You consider to be most important?

"As a player - 50 URSS championship

(Moscow, 1983), 2nd place. As a coach

– gold medals for Ukraine team in 2004

and 2010 Olympiads; Coaching of Anish

Giri and Wesley So"

Question 5: Best and most important

chess books?

"The book of David Bronstein about

Candidates tournament 1953 and 100

games of Paul Keres."

Question 6: How did You start Your

career?

"Accidentally as the most professionals I

believe. My childhood friend showed me

the moves when I was 7 years old. "

Question 7: Your favorite openings?

"Grunfeld defence"

Question 8: Who was the most difficult

and easiest opponent during Your

career?

"Mikhail Tal was by far the most difficult.

The easiest doesn’t exist. "

Question 9: Non chess –best ,book,

film and singer for You?

"I can name few authors: Ilya Ilf and

Yevgeny Petrov, Mikhail Bulgakov,

William Faulkner. Godfather as the film.

Vladimir Vysotsky as the singer "

MEETING CHESS LEGENDSThe 10 questions by Andrian Michalchishin

"The easiestopponent

doesn't exist."

GM Vladimir Tukmakov

GM Vladimir

TukmakovQuestion 10: Favorite city, food and

drink.

Odessa, Rome, Barcelona. Good food

with good vine.

ANALYZED GAME:

Kortschnoj Viktor- Vladimir Tukmakov

Reggio Emilia, Italy, 1987

Rook endgames are the most common

among others –there are 60 to 70-% of

Rook endgames. Endgames with two

pawns are usually easy winning for

stronger side ,except classical f and h

pawns. But there are always options for

classical and instructive mistakes. I had

my own bad, but memorable experience

in similar case. Bat later I discovered,

that other great players had such

problems either. Recently I published in

Chess Evolution three volumes on Rook

ends. I think ,that new approach there

must be very interesting for practical

plyers!

TRAINING LESSON BY GMADRIAN MIKHALCHISHIN

18...Kxe5 19.Rf8 Ke6 20.h7 Here I was

completely convinced ,that I reached

classical book position and there is no

defence against Rf8-g8,but oppo0nent

suddenly went away from important g

file! Rh3! After the game I realized that

is not the only move that practically

every move with rook on the third rank

keeps draw!

[20...Rg1 (20...Rb3; 20...Rd3; 20...Ra3)

21. Rg8 (21. Re8+) Rh1 (21...Ra1

22.Kg7 Rg1+ 23.Kf8 Rf1+ 24.Ke8 Ra1

25.Rg6+ Kf5 26.Rf6+) 22.Kg7 Rg1

23.Kf8 Rf1+ 24.Ke8 Ra1 25.Rg6+ Kf5

26.Rf6+ Ke5 27.Rh6 Ra8+ 28.Kf7 Rh8

29.Kg7]

18. Rf2? -I played it lightheartedly,but win was complicated and long![18. h7!! Rg1 19. Rf2 Kxe5 [19...Ke7 20.e6 (20.Ra2 Rg6 21.Ra7+ Kf8 22.Ra8+ Kf723.Rg8 Re6 (23...Ra6 24.Rg7+ Kf8 25.Rg1 Kf7 26.Rf1+ Kg6 27.Kg8 Ra8+ 28.Rf8Rxf8+ 29.Kxf8 Kxh7 30.e6) 24.Rg7+ Kf8 25.Rg5! Kf7 26.Rf5+ Kg6 27.Rf8 (Here itwas last trap possibility 27.Rf6?? Rxf6 28.exf6 Kf7!) Re7 28.Rf6+ Kg5 29.Kg8+-

The game continued:

Position 1.

Svidler Peter- PelletierYannick 1/2-1/2


I was terribly surprised and even somehowsatisfied ,that I was not alone on the Planetof Mistakes! 67.h6? Now pushing is wrong,correct was to fight for g line. [67.Kh6 Kf6(67...Rg2 68.Rg5 Rh2 69.Kg7 Kxe6 70.h6Rf2 71.h2 Rf7+ 72.Kh6 Rf8 73.Rg8) 68.e7Rg7 69.Re6]. 67...Rg2 68.Kh8 Rg1 69.h7Rg2 70.Re1 Rg3 71.Rf1 Kxe6 72.Rf8 Ra3Or other few moves on the third rankand 73.Rf7. Draw.1/2-1/2

Mestel A Jonathan- FlearGlenn 1/2-1/2

Position 2

50.e5 Rxh2 51.Kf6? [51.Ra7! Rf2+52.Ke6 Kg6 53.Kd6 Rb2 54.e6Rb6+55.Kd7 Rb8 56.Ra1 Rb7+ 57.Kc6Rb8 58.Rf1 Ra8 59.e7 Kg7 60.Kd7 (60.Kd7Ra7+ 61.Kd6 Ra6+ 62.Kc7 Ra7+; 60.Rd1Kf7 61.Rd8 Ra6+ 62.Kb7 Re6; 60.Ra1 Rb861.Kc7 Re8 62.Kd7 Kf7 63.Rf1] 51...Rf2+52.Ke7 Ra2 53.Rf1 Kg6 54.Rd1 Ra755.Rd7 Ra8 56.Rc7 Kg7 57.e6 Kg658.Kd6 Ra6+ 59.Kd7 Ra8 1/2-1/2

Position 3

First position came out from the game

Mikhalchishin Adrian-Kluger Gyula and

ended in a draw.

As we know theory and practice of Rook

ends,positions with the pawns f and h

are very difficult to win. But if we have

other pawn on e file ,it seems top be

much easier job ,as pawns are not so

closed to each other.But on practice

there are many instructive cases,as

author was convinced himself.

But, instead, the game went on:

21.Kg7 [if 21.Rg8 Kf7 22.Rg1 Rf3]

Rg3+ 22. Kh6 Rh3+ 23.Kg6 Rg3+

24.Kh5 Rh3+

And the game finished in a draw.

Download the pgn file of the training

lesson here.

ARBITERS CORNER

irst, since July 2017, moving a piece

with two hands is considered and

penalised as an illegal move; and

second, since January 2018, illegal

moves in Rapid and Blitz games are

penalised as in a standard games (with

the only difference that in Blitz that the

penalty is reduced to one minute).

These two changes, which seem to be

not so relevant, bring some funny events

during games, especially during Rapid

and Blitz games, always the ones in

which strange things might happen.

Let us now focus on two facts really

happened during the European Rapid

and Blitz Championship 2018 in Skopje

and the European Youth Rapid and Blitz

Championship 2018 in Oradea. In

Skopje, in a game between two 2600+

grandmasters, one made a move (a

capture) with two hands, but did not

complete it. Although they were both

going short of time, the player realised

the move, if completed, would have

been penalised hence he did not stop

the clock and passed few seconds to

find a solution.

Then he took back his move, reinstating

the previous position, and eventually

captured the same piece as before

acting regularly with only one hand and

stopped the clock.

TO BE OR NOT TO BE (ILLEGAL)?THAT IS THE QUESTION!

Some of the changes in FIDE Laws of Chess occurred inthe last two years, brought big news for us Arbiters.

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Text by:

Marco Biagioli IA -ECU Arbiters’Council

Arbiters' doubts

International Arbiter andmember of ECU ArbitersCouncil, Marco Biagioli,gives the opinion onpractical situationsArbiters are facing duringthe events.

What is legal and what isillegal?


His opponent protested because of

breaching of art. 7.5.4 and claimed one

minute (it was running the Blitz) for the

illegal move, plus some penalty for the

actions taken by the player who took

back the move and made it again thus

“disturbing” him. Now the question is:

was that legal or illegal?

Of course it was legal! In fact it is clear

that, if the player stopped the clock, it

would result in an illegal move according

to 7.5.4, but actually, he did not. Hence

the move was not completed. The player

found the only solution to avoid the

penalty: since no one can be compelled

to complete an illegal move which can

always be took back to make a legal

one, he reinstated the position and then

made the only possible legal move, the

one respecting articles 4.1 and 4.3, the

capture of the touched opponent’s piece

with his touched piece. In Oradea, this

time in Rapid, but in the final stage, at a

certain point a player made and

completed an illegal move. I was ready

to stop the game and I also was already

moving my arm to do that, but his

opponent was really quicker than me: he

made a move, stopped the clock hence

completing his move and the game

continued.

Newsletter August 2019

Again, what to do? Was that move legal

or illegal? No doubt it was illegal, but…

Remember article A.4.2!

A.4.2 states “if the arbiter observes an

action taken under Article 7.5.1, 7.5.2,

7.5.3 or 7.5.4, he shall act according to

Article 7.5.5, provided the opponent has

not made his next move… If the

opponent does not claim and the arbiter

does not intervene, the illegal move shall

stand and the game shall continue”.

This statement follows the old Rapid rule

“no claim, no illegal move”, but

according to the new obligation for the

Arbiter to penalise illegal moves without

any claim if he sees them.

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However, still he can make it only if no

subsequent move has been made.

Therefore there is yet the opportunity

that a player, moving quicker than the

can Arbiter intervene and not claiming

for an illegal move, let that illegal move

stand as it happened in this case.

In fact, the fast reaction of the opponent

prevented me to make anything (it was

really fast!), hence the game continued

and the move did stand.

These two funny episodes show us that

Rapid/Blitz games are eventually the

real benchmark of the working of a rule:

if it is consistent to whatever might

happen in a Blitz game, then it works!

European Senior Team Chess

Championship 2019 will take

place from 17th-27th September

in Mali Losinj, Croatia.

The event will be played in two

age categories: 65+ and 50+,

women's and open separately.

Separate Women's competition

will be organized if there are at

least 8 teams per category.

EUROPEAN SENIORTEAM CHESSCHAMPIONSHIP 2019

Development FA and IO

Seminars, especially dedicated

to female participants, will take

place from 1st-7th September,

in Trieste, Italy.

The main aim of the Seminars

is to develop women’s activity

in Chess as per the priorities

set by the European Chess

Union for the available FIDE

Development Fund for Europe.

#Development IO & FASEMINARS IN TRIESTE

The FIDE World Chess

Cup will take place from

9th September- 4th

October 2019, in Khanty

Mansiysk, in Russia.

The participants of the first

round of this knock-out

system tournament are

already known.

Official website

FIDE WORLD CUP

The 1st Workshop named

“Equal opportunities” will take

place from 19th-22nd

September in Thessaloniki,

Greece.

The purpose of this workshop

is to introduce and explore

important information about

chess players with disabilities.

.

1st WORKSHOP "EQUALOPPORTUNITIES"


UPCOMING EVENTS IN SEPTEMBER 2019

FUN ZONE

For this edition of theECU monthly magazine,we prepared 4 mate in 3positions! White is onthe move!

Solutions from July

> Puzzle #1:1.e8=B+ !! Kc4 2.Ba4! bxc3[2...b3 3.Bb5#] 3.Nb6#>Puzzle #2:1.g8=R! Rxd3 [1...Ka2 2.Rxd2e5 3.Ra8#; 1...e5 2.Rd2 Ka23.Ra8#] 2.Bd3+ Kc1 3.Rg1#>Puzzle #3:1.Nf4 h3 [1...Kxf5 2.Qc2+ Kg43.Qg6#; 1...Kg3 2.Qg8+ Kh23.Qg2#] 2.Qg8 Kxf5 3.Qg6#>Puzzle #4:1.Be1 Bxg5 2.Bc3+ Kd53.bxc4#


VIKTOR

KORCHNOI

SAID

ABOUT

CHESS:

> Those who think that it is easy

to play chess are mistaken.

During a game a player lives on

his nerves, and at the same time

he must be perfectly composed.

>It is a gross overstatement, but

in chess, it can be said I play

against my opponent over the

board and against myself on the

clock.

>As a rule, the more mistakes

there are in a game, the more

memorable it remains, because

you have suffered and worried

over each mistake at the board.

>Every time I win a tournament I

have to think that there is

something wrong with modern

chess.

>Chess you don't learn, chess

you understand.

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